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Yeah I thought that Gundam 00 wouldn't be in the top 10 as much as soon as this season started. Yatterman was obviously going to be a feature in the top 10 and the repeats of Major were so close behind it was clear the new season would outrate it. Most of 00's top ten places were as 9th and 10th so those two alone would knock it out.

It's interesting to see that both Kitaro anime made it into the top 10 for atleast one week. I guess it shouldn't be as much of a surprise it's doing well. But given the late timeslot Hakaba Kitaro is in, I was expecting weaker ratings. Guess not!

Given the quality of the shows that have aired in the Noitamina block, I'm sure it's built up a core audience over the past couple of years. There's a couple of discussions about the ratings success of Noitamina shows, one right up here. I knew nothing about Hakaba Kitaro until I saw it listed on the Noitamina Wiki page, then I knew it would be on my list of shows to watch this season.

Since Nodame Cantabile started in 07 Noitamina has been 4/4 for me with the already mentioned Nodame Cantabile, Mononoke, Moyashimon and Hakata Kitarou. It's definitely building up an impressive list of shows and I hope Production I.G's "Library War" maintains the quality of the block.

Use this link to see Vol. 4 of 2008 (Monday, January 21, 2008 - Sunday, January 27, 2008) of the Weekly Television Animation Program Top 10 list for the Kantou region, Japan after Video Research Ltd. archives it when Vol. 5 of 2008 (Monday, January 28, 2008 - Sunday, February 3, 2008) comes out later.

Doroku Ends in Spring 2008?

According to a multiple copied and pasted post at 2ch by one of 2ch's "gods" or reliable posters, dated Thursday, January 31, 2008 Japan Time, the doroku (Saturday 6 PM) time slot for anime on TBS/MBS will move in Spring 2008 (presumably due to low TV ratings for anime series since BLOOD+), effectively ending doroku.

The second season of Code Geass will start airing in the new nichigo (Sunday 5 PM) time slot on TBS/MBS in April 2008. The time slot is considered a step down from doroku because, among other things, many children, teenagers, young adults, etc., are often out of the house during that time.

Now that doroku appears to be out of the picture, one wonders where and when Macross Frontier will air starting this spring. (Some speculate it will air on TBS/MBS right after Code Geass.)

News Program Reportedly Takes Over Doroku Anime Time Slot on TBS in April 2008

This is one of 2ch's most reliable posters, considered a "god." No one else there questions this poster's trustworthiness as a source of information, an all too common occurrence at 2ch with anyone less than "god" status and anonymous posters who do not identify themselves with a "kote."

TBS and MBS are revamping their Saturday evening television lineups for Spring 2008, and doroku will likely disappear, replaced by live action programming which draws higher TV ratings and brings in more money.

As for running an anime series right after nichigo on TBS, Sundays, 5:30pm-6:00pm, many believe that to be foolish, if not suicidal, because it would air opposite Shouten, the long-running, very popular, improvisational comedy show which airs on NTV, Sundays, 5:30pm-6:00pm. (Shouten debuted on NTV over 41 years ago, on May 15, 1966.) They figure it would be unlikely that Macross Frontier would air right after Code Geass, and consider any rumor saying so bogus.

2008-02-03 Edit

Elaborating on a news brief by Mass Communication Research Company about TBS and its news show, Shin Houdou Tokushuu, the 2ch television programming "god" poster cited above and in my previous post on this thread posted a few days ago at 2ch that Shin Houdou Tokushuu will start airing in April 2008 on TBS, Saturdays, 5:30pm-6:50pm (17:30-18:50), and that the MBS anime time slot - i.e., doroku, or Saturdays, 6:00pm-6:30pm - will certainly move. (Doroku anime series are MBS productions.)

Because of the prior television broadcast schedule announcement of the second season of Code Geass, many assume that doroku's move will be to Sundays, 5:00pm-5:30pm on TBS/MBS, which will be known as nichigo.

This is one of 2ch's most reliable posters, considered a "god." No one else there questions this poster's trustworthiness as a source of information, an all too common occurrence at 2ch with anyone less than "god" status and anonymous posters who do not identify themselves with a "kote."

TBS and MBS are revamping their Saturday evening television lineups for Spring 2008, and doroku will likely disappear, replaced by live action programming which draws higher TV ratings and brings in more money.

As for running an anime series right after nichigo on TBS, Sundays, 5:30pm-6:00pm, many believe that to be foolish, if not suicidal, because it would air opposite Shouten, the long-running, very popular, improvisational comedy show which airs on NTV, Sundays, 5:30pm-6:00pm. (Shouten debuted on NTV over 41 years ago, on May 15, 1966.) They figure it would be unlikely that Macross Frontier would air right after Code Geass, and consider any rumor saying so bogus.

2008-02-03 Edit

Elaborating on a news brief by Mass Communication Research Company about TBS and its news show, Shin Houdou Tokushuu, the 2ch television programming "god" poster cited above and in my previous post on this thread posted a few days ago at 2ch that Shin Houdou Tokushuu will start airing in April 2008 on TBS, Saturdays, 5:30pm-6:50pm (17:30-18:50), and that the MBS anime time slot - i.e., doroku, or Saturdays, 6:00pm-6:30pm - will certainly move. (Doroku anime series are MBS productions.)

Because of the prior television broadcast schedule announcement of the second season of Code Geass, many assume that doroku's move will be to Sundays, 5:00pm-5:30pm on TBS/MBS, which will be known as nichigo.

Use this link to see Vol. 5 of 2008 (Monday, January 28, 2008 - Sunday, February 3, 2008) of the Weekly Television Animation Program Top 10 list for the Kantou region, Japan after Video Research Ltd. archives it when Vol. 6 of 2008 (Monday, February 4, 2008 - Sunday, February 10, 2008) comes out later.

Use this link to see Vol. 6 of 2008 (Monday, February 4, 2008 - Sunday, February 10, 2008) of the Weekly Television Animation Program Top 10 list for the Kantou region, Japan after Video Research Ltd. archives it when Vol. 7 of 2008 (Monday, February 11, 2008 - Sunday, February 17, 2008) comes out later.

Heavy snow in the Kantou region appears to have helped boost Gundam 00's TV rating on Saturday, February 9, 2008 to 6.1%, its highest so far.

Use this link to see Vol. 7 of 2008 (Monday, February 11, 2008 - Sunday, February 17, 2008) for the Weekly Television Animation Program Top 10 in the Kantou Region, Japan after Video Research Ltd. archives it when Vol. 8 of 2008 (Monday, February 18, 2008 - Sunday, February 24, 2008) comes out later.

Use this link to see Vol. 7 of 2008 (Monday, February 11, 2008 - Sunday, February 17, 2008) for the Weekly Television Sports Program Top 10 in the Kantou Region, Japan after Video Research Ltd. archives it when Vol. 8 of 2008 (Monday, February 18, 2008 - Sunday, February 24, 2008) comes out later.

Use this link to see Vol. 8 of 2008 (Monday, February 18, 2008 - Sunday, February 24, 2008) for the Weekly Television Animation Program Top 10 in the Kantou Region, Japan after Video Research Ltd. archives it when Vol. 9 of 2008 (Monday, February 25, 2008 - Sunday, March 2, 2008) comes out later.

Use this link to see Vol. 8 of 2008 (Monday, February 18, 2008 - Sunday, February 24, 2008) for the Weekly Television Movie Program Top 10 in the Kantou Region, Japan after Video Research Ltd. archives it when Vol. 9 of 2008 (Monday, February 25, 2008 - Sunday, March 2, 2008) comes out later.

Use this link to see Vol. 9 of 2008 (Monday, February 25, 2008 - Sunday, March 2, 2008) for the Weekly Television Animation Program Top 10 in the Kantou Region, Japan after Video Research Ltd. archives it when Vol. 10 of 2008 (Monday, March 3, 2008 - Sunday, March 9, 2008) comes out later.